Boys Before Flowers: Episode 1 [Korean Hana Yori Dango]

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Word of warning: Lower those expectations, folks. Episode 1 of Boys Before Flowers was not a home run. I'd say it got off to a choppy start, with good and bad...

Tags: Boys Before Flowers, first episodes, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Kim So-eun, Lee Min-ho

Boys Before Flowers

Tags: comedy, drama, Gu Hye-sun, Han Chae-young, Im Joo-hwan, Jung Eui-chul, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Ki-bang, Kim So-eun, Kim Young-ok, Lee Hye-young, Lee Min-ho, Lee Min-jung, Lee Shi-young, Moon Bin, Nam Da-reum, Park Ji-bin, romance, youth

Boys Before Flowers production press conference

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We're only two weeks away from the premiere of the much-anticipated Hana Yori Dango remake, Boys Before Flowers, and the cast came out on December 22 for the production press conference....

Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho

Japan tags Kim Bum as a Hallyu up-and-comer

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This is a bit of a step up for Kim Bum (East of Eden). After all, he has got a lot of buzz going around him these days, but he's...

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A couple more

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Speaking of Boys Before Flowers promo posters... Edited to add poster translations: Jan-di (Gu Hye-sun): "The Korean people are nothing without spirit and tenacity!" Jun-pyo (Lee Min-ho): "I'm good-looking... I'm...

Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho

Posters out for Boys Before Flowers

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There's a lot I could say about this, but really, only a few things I need to: (1) Boys Before Flowers, or Hana Yori Dango (2) New posters (3) Series airs January 5, KBS....

Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Joon, Lee Min-ho

Rounding out the Boys Before Flowers cast

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Kim So-eun (Yuki), Lee Shi-young (Sakurako) Yeah, I know I'm posting a lot about Boys Before Flowers, but nothing else is getting me all that excited these days. Plus, it...

Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Gu Hye-sun, Han Chae-young, Hana Yori Dango, Kim Bum, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim So-eun, Lee Min-ho

Awards ceremony at Korea Drama Festival 2008

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Kim Myung-min wins Daesang; Han Ji-hye takes home an Excellence Award Stars came out on November 1 to the 2008 Korea Drama Awards in the South Gyeongsang province city of Jinju, although...

Tags: awards, Bae Yong-joon, Choi Su-jong, Han Ji-hye, Kim Bum, Kim Haneul, Kim Myung-min, Kim Rae-won, Lee Jin, Park Min-young, Shim Eun-kyung

Where Kim Bum leads, Yoo Seung-ho follows

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I recently made the comparison between Kim Bum in East of Eden ("little Song Seung-heon") to Yoo Seung-ho in Legend ("Korea's Little Brother," with his So Ji-sub-ian looks), and now...

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Kim Bum sings for Japan

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Kim Bum's star is definitely on the rise, but I'm a little surprised he's already holding fanmeets in Japan, which he did on October 18 to a crowd of 800. This event...

Tags: fanmeetings, Kim Bum